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Screen Capture
Record a video or take a snapshot of the screen.
Advanced Screen Capture
Record a video or take a snapshot of a specific area or the full screen with the current background.

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New to Inspire? Learn the basics here.
- What is Altair Inspire?
  Inspire is a concept design tool, which you can use to run structural optimization, finite element analysis, motion analysis, and additive manufacturing analysis.
- Videos: Getting Started with Inspire
  A series of videos introducing the view controls, 3D modeling, structural analysis, topology optimization, and PolyNURBS.
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- File Import and Export
  Learn how to import geometry and export results.
- Select and Edit
  Review techniques for selecting and editing objects.
- Adjust the View
  Change the view in the modeling window using the mouse or view controls.
- Move and Snap
  Translate, rotate, and align parts and other objects using the Move tool and snaps.
- Screen Capture
  Record a video or take a snapshot of the screen.
  - Quick Snapshot
    Take a snapshot of the modeling window with a white background.
  - Advanced Screen Capture
    Record a video or take a snapshot of a specific area or the full screen with the current background.
  - Watermark Images
    Add a watermark image in the modeling window.
- Units and Measurement
  Change the default unit system, create custom units, and measure geometry features.
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- System Requirements
  A list of supported operating systems and minimum requirements for hardware and memory.
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  Learn keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls for common operations.
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Create parametric sketches, geometry, and PolyNURBS with construction history and variables.
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Create implicit models with primitives, lattices, point clouds, fields, offsetting, Booleans, inverting, smoothing, morphing, and filleting.
Structures
Set up your model and run a structural analysis or optimization.
Motion
Set up and run a motion analysis, plot the results, and export the results.
Fluids
Prepare and run a computational fluid dynamics simulation.
Design Explorer
Evaluate designs by using geometric variables and applying a design-of-experiments (DOE) or optimization method. We recommend fully constraining your sketch when sketch variables are used in the design exploration.
Manufacture
Set up and run a basic porosity or thinning analysis.
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Prepare and run an additive manufacturing simulation, and export a file for 3D printing.
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Advanced Screen Capture

Record a video or take a snapshot of a specific area or the full screen with the current background.

Select File > Screen Capture > Advanced Screen Capture.
Configure the settings:
1. In the microdialog, click Settings and configure the screen capture settings, which apply to both snapshots and videos.
Define the capture area:
- To capture a specific area of the screen, click Select Screen Area , and then drag to draw a box.
- To capture the full screen, click Select Full Screen .
Capture the screen:
- To take a snapshot, click Take Snapshot .
- To record a video, click Start/Stop Recording , manipulate the model as desired, and then click Stop Recording .

Depending on what option was selected in the Screen Capture Settings, either the Save As window will appear or the captured image/recording will be saved to the default file location.

The snapshot is saved as a .png file. Depending on the File format defined in the Video Settings, the video is saved as a .mp4 or .gif file.

Screen Capture Settings

Configure the screen capture settings.

Include mouse cursor: Select this option to include the mouse cursor when recording a video or taking a snapshot of the screen.
Copy image to clipboard: If selected, the image is copied to the clipboard and is available to the other applications.
Show file save dialog: If selected, the save file dialog is shown when saving an image or recording. The last selected location is remembered throughout the session.
Save to a default file location: Select this option to automatically save the video or snapshot to a default location. The default location is Documents/Altair/captures
To change the default location, click Select save location , and then select a folder.
Capture delay (sec): Define the number of seconds that elapse before the video starts recording or the snapshot is taken.
The default delay time is 3 seconds.
Frame rate: Define the number of frames displayed per second in the video.
The default frame rate is 24.
File format: Save the video as a .mp4 or .gif file.